Monday, 17 August 2026Europe · Analysis
Independent · Brussels & Berlin
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Prime Minister of Kosovo, Government of Kosovo
Albin Kurti's Vetëvendosje party won 43 percent of the vote but cannot form a majority, while the presidency sits vacant after Vjosa Osmani failed to secure a second term.
Vetevendosje takes roughly 50 percent of the vote yet may need minority-party support to reach the 61 seats required in the 120-seat assembly, leaving government formation uncertain.
A seventh parliamentary election since independence tests whether the country can form a government and unlock €6 billion in EU growth funding.
Parliament dissolved in November after coalition talks collapsed. Voters return to the polls on 28 December with unemployment above 25 per cent and €820 million in EU funds still frozen.
President Vjosa Osmani dissolved parliament on Wednesday after parties failed to form a government by the constitutional deadline, setting a vote for 28 December that will be Kosovo's seventh since independence.
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